Ionia DPS requests citizen help in Sunday hit-and-run accident

Vehicle could be early 2000s-model GMC Sierra or Chevrolet Silverado-type pickup.

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Ionia Sentinel - Standard-Ionia, MI

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Posted Nov. 13, 2012 at 2:35 PM
Updated Nov 13, 2012 at 2:59 PM

By press release

Posted Nov. 13, 2012 at 2:35 PM
Updated Nov 13, 2012 at 2:59 PM

IONIA, Mich.

The Ionia Department of Public Safety is asking for the public to be on the look-out for a vehicle that hit a city light pole in the area of Steele and Dexter streets Sunday morning.

IDPS Deputy Director John Odette said officers responded to a report at about 2 a.m. that a vehicle had struck the pole. When they arrived, they found that the pole was completely damaged. The vehicle had fled the scene of the accident before officers arrived.

The suspect vehicle should have significant damage to the front driver's side headlight assembly, and the driver side will be missing the outside mirror. The vehicle could possibly be an early 2000s-model GMC Sierra or Chevrolet Silverado-type pickup, Odette said.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact Officer Kevin Heinlein at 616-527-4431, ext. 246, or Ionia County Silent Observer at 616-527-0107.